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Cow Elk at at 259 yards. Rifle Wby MKV 6.5X300 140 gr. Swift A-Frame Factory ammo. Bang flop shoot through.
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This year I got;
California Bighorn Sheep-160 7/8 in; 84l Montana, 2.5-8x36 Leupold, .30-06, 180 NPT-57 g H-4350, 80 yards, These are a once in a lifetime draw here in Oregon.
Whitetail Doe Deer; Ithaca 37 12 ga, 20 in rifled barrel, VX-2 Scout Scope, 12 ga Hornady SST Lite Sabots, 147 yards.
No joy on Buck Deer or Bull Elk. Pretty poor success rate in the unit. I'd say you did ok........:) Congrats.
Have Dog
Will Travel
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I practiced all summer long at 600 yards, then kilt a 4x4 mulie at 180, and a big 6x6 bull at 200.
Dang.
P Pharm, 7mm08 again?
“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.” ALDO LEOPOLD
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This year my only kill was the wrong mulie buck at the end of a blind stock. Shot was about 100 yds 270 WSM w/ 130 gr Trophy Copper.
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I never got to pull the trigger this year. I set up and planned the hunt though. Drove 300 miles and put another 20 in my jet boat to get to camp. Put my boy in a position to shoot his first big game animal. He took this bull at 297yds with my Tikka T3x .300wm using 180gr Federal Fusion factory fodder. They were bedded down and we couldn't get closer. I made a shooting lane for him so he could take a good prone shot when they stood up. I've never had a more successful and enjoyable hunt.
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Right in tight to 260 big game animals; most fallow does and red hinds culls, with some chitals and broken horn rusas and a hailed out busted up chital. Those were split between a completely factory .257 Weatherby/ 4.5-14 VX3 LR with B&C and .300 Win on a 700, McMillan Rem Hunter, 26" fluted Lilja with 6.5-20 Mark 4. The .257 was used mostly from 3-690 but there where some shorter ones. 115 Ballistic tips for the longer stuff, long shot was 690 on a fallow. Also used 110 Accubonds, 110 grain Sciroccos and had basically a train wreck with 80 TTSXs. The 300 was used mostly from 500 and out, with some very close shots on reds to determine if the 190 LR Accubonds would blow up. Exits were the norm though. Long shot was 1000 on the nose and performance across the board quite impressive. Also used some 215 Berger VLDs with a hurriedly worked up load. Vertical was getting bad much past 600 so stayed inside that, Terminal performance was fine, perhaps not as violent at close range as the LRs but they sort of merged together as the range stretched. Or at least that was the lasting impression.
Closer to home 100 yard bear with 195 ELOs with my Defiance/ McMillan/Frozen Fiber 28 Nosler 8.5-25 Mark 4, 80 yard spike elk with a Rem 700 LSS rebarrelled with a Gaillard to 270 Weatherby and 130 Sciroccos 4.5-14x 56 VX3 L, and an 80 yard 7 point whitetail with a Montana 1999/ Accuracy Innovation/ Benchmark .300 Win with 185 grain Classic Hunters. 70 yard wolf with 7-300 Win and 180 Berger Hunting VLDs, stainless Sako 75/McMillan Sako Hunter, 26" Hart/ 4.5-14 Hart.
3 more deer in North Carolina with Kimber Select 7 Rem and Cooper Western Classic in 7 STW, both with Ballistic tips and 4.5-14 VX3s w CDS.
It was a pretty good year for longer shooting.
Holy smokes, Model70 guy!! You had a great year. That is wonderful to be able to shoot and experience that many animals and see how your guns and ammo perform. Was wondering about the "train wreck" with the 80gr TTSX's out of your 257 Weatherby? Too fast for them or did they explode? Good info on the 190 LR Accubonds, going to give them a try in my 300wm. Thanks
USE ENOUGH GUN (Ruark) and YOU CAN'T EVER HAVE TOO MANY (me)
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Sorry gents, this was my longest kill this year. 19 yds with my Ruger Bisley Flattop in 44 Special and my own 255 gr cast WFN from an LBT mold.
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Missouri whitetail, mature 8pt, 495 yards. Taken with my 15 year old Browning Abolt II, ‘06. Loaded with cheap ol 165 gr. Hornady interlock BTSP, pushed to 2830 fps. Can’t get the pics from the IPad to load. 😡
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